Ashton Kutcher Bought a Ticket to Fly to Space With Virgin, Backed Out

Until the time Virgin Galactic makes space travel accessible to everyone, there are several conditions that have to be met to be one of the few lucky private astronauts. The first one is for Virgin to get more spaceplanes up and back down again, so it can start commercial operations sometime in 2022. That out of the way, you still have two more prerequisites: you have to be rich enough to afford a $250,000 ticket without breaking the ban... (continue reading...)